Autumn Blessings

At Our Daily Bread Designs, we've been challenged to make something using embossing powders.  I have these lovely Randi's Song stamps, and tried various gold embossing powders and different colors of cardstock using this negative leaf design.  My favorite result is shown on this card:

This was stamped in Adirondack Sunset Orange on a light golden apricot cardstock, then embossed with a fine powder labelled Gold Pearl.  (I'm not positive, but I believe it's Ranger Embossing Pearls gold).  Then I went back in and sponged on fired brick distress ink to bring the leaf out more; this technique is called emboss resist.  The ink cannot adhere to the embossed surface, only to the cardstock left untreated.  I also used a clear embossing powder over Memories Art Print Brown on the sentiment.    Here's a detail showing the gold embossing:

The background of the card was stamped using the lovely Ecclesiastes text repeatedly, and then overstamped with a subtle maple leaf in various distress inks.

Supplies: apricot, orange, and brown cardstocks, Memories ArtPrint Brown, Adirondack Sunset Orange, fired brick, vintage photo, wild honey and spiced marmalade distress inks (background stamping), ODBD Randi's Song, Hero Arts CG223 Maple Leaf, The Paper Company Studio Autumn Stamp Kit (sentiment), button, twine